She Waits Explained

Alt Name:Night of the Exorcist (UK)[1]
Director:Delbert Mann
Composer:Morton Stevens
Country:United States
Language:English
Executive Producer:Charles W. Fries
Producer:Delbert Mann
Cinematography:Charles F. Wheeler
Editor:John F. Schreyer
Runtime:74 minutes[2]
Company:Metromedia Producers Corporation
Network:CBS
Released:[3]

She Waits is a 1972 American television horror film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Patty Duke, David McCallum, and Dorothy McGuire. It follows a murdered woman whose spirit possesses her husband's new wife.[4] The film was released in the United Kingdom under the title, Night of the Exorcist.

Cast

Reception

Author and critic John Kenneth Muir wrote:

A story of spirit possession, She Waits (1972) is one of the most long-winded and dull of the early 1970’s made-for-TV horror films. Basically, the movie sets down in the Wilson family house, and rarely leaves that setting... She Waits features no real action, no real explanation for the survival of Elaine’s spirit in the house, and no real horror, either....[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Night Of The Exorcist. British Board of Film Classification. 17 September 2023.
  2. Book: Lew Ayres: Hollywood's Conscientious Objector. 226. 2012. Coffin, Lesley L.. University Press of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi. 978-1-617-03638-5.
  3. Book: Sherman, Fraser S.. 159. Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television. 2009. McFarland. Jefferson, North Carolina. 978-0-786-44341-3.
  4. News: Patty Duke in 'She Waits'. Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. January 28, 1972. Thomas. Kevin. Kevin Thomas (film critic). 18. Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: Cult-TV Movie Review: She Waits (1972). John Kenneth Muir. Reflections on Film and Television. 20 April 2017.